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y 5, 1948- G. T. ULLENBERG I GAME FiI l.ed Aug. 30, 1945 'INfENTO %5272/7272? 'wpega/ Patented May 25, 1948 "Ni TED STAT-ES PATENT or Fries 2,442,251 I GAME George T. Ullenberg, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application August 39, 1945, Serial 'No'. T613358 1 Claim. itCl. 27 3 12 6) My invention refers to gameswherein skill is the dominating feature, the said game being of the shuffle board type.

The primary-objector myinve'ntion is to provide a parlor table or an alley runway, upon a large scale, having a goal wen at its "far end and a series of difierent size rings for nesting within the Well, the said series starting from a master ring to manually slide and twist upon the table or runway for successive entrance into said well, whereby the same will form a compact unit.

A further object of my invention is to provide the rings with radially disposed blocked digits to be aligned with the main track of the table and radial stub tracks leading into the goal well, whereby count or points in the game may be determined when two or more parties are competing.

A further object of my invention is to provide the rings, which are adapted to be twisted by hand, when they slide aloing the track, with curved anti-friction bottom surfaces. In some instances these surfaces may be provided with three or more anti-friction ball bearings.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter described, and more particularly defined by the appended claim, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of the present invention constructed according to the best mode so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a top plan view of a game embodying the features of my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same, as indicated by the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the game table illustrating a player in the act of skidding rings to a goal well.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary plan view of the far end of the table having nested therein a series of rings.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the separated series of rings. And

Figure 6 is a cross sectional view through the series of rings separated apart.

Referring by characters to the drawing, l-l' '2 indicatethe rear "and forward ends of a table. The forward end of the table is provided with an upstanding flange 2; carried by a bottom floor 3, spaced slightly below the far end of *thetalble,

which end is circularly cut away "to develop a gdalwell 4-. The-rear'end "l of tlitable is flush with and connected to the far end by hinges 55, whereby said table may be folded for compactness in shipping.

It is understood, however, that this table may be formed in one piece and, in some instances, where the game is to be installed upon a large scale in an alley, (not shown) the far end of the alley is simply provided with a well depression and a confining bead or flange about the same.

The runway is provided with a main track 6, of a suitable contrasting shade, and said track terminates at the edge of the goal well and positioned radially thereof. I provide also a series of radial stub tracks 6, which merge into the well and may correspond in shade to the track 6.

A series of rings 1, as indicated in Figures 5 and 6, are provided and adapted to nest within the goal well. These rings are formed with curved bottom faces 8, to develop an anti-friction riding face 8, whereby the highly polished surface of the table and rings will offer frictionless contact, and the rings will slide easily.

As shown, in order to present an element of chance in the game, I provide the rings with a plurality of blocks 9, which correspond in shade to the track 6 and these blocks, which are radially disposed, are provided with numerals, pairs of which numerals may differ in color.

From the foregoing, the player will first slide the master ring down the track to the well and in sliding the same, it should be given a twist, whereby said ring will not only slide down the track but will rotate and thus when it reaches the well, correctly directed, it will nest therein, and rest upon the floor 3. This operation is repeated for the three rings.

It should be noted that the runway well 4 is of a depth equal to the thickness of the group of rings.

The top surface and the inner surface of said rings are at right angles to each other, and the outer faces of said rings are rounded or tapered, whereby the cross section of each ring develops a triangle. The series of rings are of such dimension that the outer diameter of the second ring is equal to the inside diameter of the first ring,

all being similar in shape, whereby they will nest one within the other and will form a composite top surface flush with the table or runway surface. Thus, the second and third rings will ride over the top surface of the first ring which is flush with the table and when all of said rings are nested, they will form a built up uninterrupted surface with reference to the runway surface. Hence, with skill they may readily ride towards the goal which embodies the idea progressively increasing the table surface, and due to the wedge or angular 'shape of said ringsin the event they will approximately align, said shape will cause them to centerreadily.

In the event that the blocks 9 in said rings should approximately align with the track 6, the numerals will be counted as a score. In the event that the numerals correspond in color, the score may be a fraction higher. However, should the numerals, contained in the ring blocks, stop in approximate alignment with the stub tracks 6', the same may also be counted in the score. Obviously, the numeral counting may be indefinitely varied.

I claim:

A game of the described character comprising a runway, a depressed circular goal well in the runway, the combination of a series of slidable nested rings.

GEORGE T. ULLENBERG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 301,875 Fisher July 15, 1884 303,113 Bradley Aug. 15, 1884 378,271 Waterman Feb. 21, 1888 972,597 Byl Oct. 11, 1910 1,368,401 Kettle Feb. 15, 1921 1, 110342 Newell Mar. 21, 1922 1,942,280 Folimann Jan. 2, 1934 

